Tag Archives: Stefan Lofven

On the morning of December 5, we got more information from speaker Norlén when a third vote on who is going to be prime minister will be held. Once again, Löfven (S) will most likely be running for the position. If C and L betray their Alliance-coalition and supports Löfven, he wins; if negotiations fail, he loses for the second ...

SWEDEN’S political crisis has deepened further and left Europe on high alert after the Scandinavian country’s latest failure to form a new coalition Government. By – Paul Withers Swedish Social Democrat leader Stefan Löfven revealed last night he had failed in his attempts to form a new Government in Sweden. After the election of new Parliamentary speakers, centre right Moderates leader Ulf ...

If Canadians are looking for a break from the seemingly perpetual flood of bad international happenings, here’s a suggestion: cheer up, we could be Sweden. By – Kelly McParland Poor old Sweden. Prime Minister Stefan Lofven lost a confidence vote Tuesday and will be forced to resign after four years in office, despite garnering the most support in a recent election. ...

Sweden’s prime minister Stefan Lofven has lost a no-confidence vote in parliament, meaning he will have to step down from his post. By – Jon Stone The leader of the Swedish Social Democrats will stay as a caretaker prime minister during coalition talks to decide the country’s next government following close elections earlier this month. MPs in the Riksdag, the Swedish ...

Prime Minister Stefan Löfven (S) wake up to a new reality in Sweden. Now he admits that all who come to Europe are not refugees. In fact, they come here for a better life, “he says in SVT News. By – Brünnhilde It was in conjunction with the EU summit in Salzburg when Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Löfven explicitly pointed out that people didn’t ...

Voters handed Sweden’s ruling party its worst-ever election result Sunday and delivered a parallel lift to a far-right party with white supremacist roots, leaving the ideological outline of the Scandinavian country’s next government uncertain. By – AP Scroll 4Video After a campaign dominated by debates over immigration, the center-left Social Democratic Party emerged with the greatest share of the vote ...

Sweden Democrats leader says he purged his party of neo-Nazis but critics say he merely changed the party’s official rhetoric. By – Hélène Dauschy Jimmie Akesson, the head of the far-right Sweden Democrats, is a charismatic speaker who has succeeded in attracting mainstream voters with his efforts to cleanse the party of its neo-Nazi roots. With his Sweden Democrats tipped to ...

Riding a wave of anti-immigration feeling, the Sweden Democrats are heading for gains but are unlikely to be in government unless other parties end a boycott of the SD By – Gaël Branchereau The anti-immigration far-right is expected to soar in Sweden’s September 9 general election, capitalizing on voter discontent as Swedes punish traditional parties over immigration, integration and health care. ...

The Sweden election is fast approaching and with less than ten days to go the political campaigns have gotten heated in the Scandinavian country. Earlier this week a Facebook post in Arabic was written by members of the Social Democrats party, spreading false information about eurosceptic Sweden Democrats and the Moderate Party’s immigration policies. By – Amalie Henden In the Facebook ...

Immigration is changing the West. For a look at our future, see Sweden. Its leaders have acted earlier and more decisively to reshape its society to a form better suiting their needs. Now its people have woken up and begun to react. Too late, of course. It is a revolt of the lab rats. When will our turn come? By ...